[OrRando] 2008 400k's

[joel metz]

At 15:21 -0700 10.31.2007, Michael Wolfe wrote:
>Holy crap.  Just went to The Kramer's blog, and saw what he has in 
>store for the 400k next year:
>
>
>...the ride to Lost Lake, the climb up Lolo Pass, the Marmot back 
>road to Sandy, the ride out to Eagle Cliff, the climb up Government 
>Camp and over Bennett and Barlow passes and the ride up Sevenmile to 
>The Dalles and maybe up Dry Hollow to gawd knows where.
>
>
>If he means to send riders over Lolo Pass from the east, then that's 
>a pretty good long climb up a gravel road.  The climb up over The 
>Devil's Backbone on the old Barlow Road is a pretty good pitch, too. 
>Not sure where Eagle Cliff is, but then to throw on top of that a 
>climb up over Summitt, Barlow, and Bennett passes is pretty brutal. 
>Yikes!
>
>My 400k is no walk in the park, but it'll be easier than that! 
>Folks who are used to the Covered Bridge 400 are going to have a bit 
>tougher time earning their SR next year, that's certain.
>

oh man. i might even be tempted to do a 400k outside of a pbp year if 
he manages to sneak this one past the censors :) more gravel!

-joel
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